DJ PROMO MAXIRECORDSDJ Promo Maxi
records were never intended for sale; they were merely promotional tools, sent
out to DJs to advertise new albums from the Phonogram group of labels. Some
were Various Artists EPs, others were singles. Several tracks, such as
Harvey Mandel's 'Uno Ino' (DJ-003 B) appeared as proper singles on one or other
of the main labels - the case of that track, on Janus (6146-024). Numbering
was in the DJ-000s, and it reached at least DJ-016. For some reason
records by Vertigo artists in the series appeared on the Vertigo
label. DJ-005, a single split between Status Quo and Black Sabbath, is
apparently very collectable and has been known to go for a three-figure
sum. Early DJ Promo Maxi records seem to have had stickered white labels;
mid-period ones had paper labels with a picture of a naked lady on them, while
later ones were injection-moulded. Some came in a 'company
sleeve'. As usual, the discography has some gaps in it.
Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.